Where Are the Constituents’ Yachts?
In my lifetime, the government footprint has grown tremendously. When I was born, for instance, way back in 1961, there was no such thing as Medicare, Medicaid, student loans, seatbelt laws, and background checks for handgun purchases. The national debt was only $289 billion (versus $23 trillion today), and the federal register only contained 12,792 …